Walrus Tusk Ivory Snuff Bottle

Name/Title

Walrus Tusk Ivory Snuff Bottle

Description

This tapered bottle has a pierced-through carved vine and leaf pattern as well as relief vines. It is topped with a screw stopper in the form of a seated fu dog. -- Ivory snuff bottle. Campbell inventory number 35, 86mm h x 35mm w, a tapered pod form walrus tooth ivory bottle having pierced through carved vine and leaf and relief carved vines, not hollowed, surmounted by a screw stopper in the form of a seated fu dog. An ivory snuff bottle 象牙鼻煙壺, very well-patinated, carved in the form of a ripe peapod with leafy scrolling vines carved in relief 刻成豌豆莢形象, 上有綠葉與藤蔓, the original stopper carved in the form of a seated dog. 1780-1820

Acquisition

Accession

T854

Source or Donor

Joan S. Campbell, Joan S. Campbell Trust

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Time Period

Qing Dynasty

Notes

Date: Early 20th century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bottle, Snuff

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Snuff

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Smoking & Recreational Drug Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Personal Gear

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Search Terms

snuff, bottle, ivory

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Snuff Bottle

Dimensions

Height

1-3/8 in

Width

3-3/8 in

Material

Ivory, Walrus